Accident Report Detail
Accident: 92862.015 - Employee Struck By Falling Tree Trunk And Is Killed
Accident: 92862.015 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 02/03/2017 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1208107.015 | 02/06/2017 | Shc Cove Corporation | |||||
At 12:18 p.m. on February 3, 2017, an employee was working with a Deere 50D mini excavator pushing a trunk over from an 87 foot tall pine tree. The employee stopped work on that trunk and went to another trunk and started to expose the root ball. Coworkers saw the original tree leaning towards the employee and yelled to him. The employee began backing away from the falling tree, left the ROP cab of the excavator, and was immediately struck by the tree trunk. The employee was killed when hit by the trunk. | |||||||
Keywords:
struck by, tree felling, excavator
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Single family or duplex dwelling | New project or new addition | Under $50,000 | 0 | 0 | X | ||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 1208107.015 | 44 | M | Fatality | Other | Excavating and loading machine operators | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Site clearing and grubbing FatCause: Struck by falling object/projectile |